Publications


Full List of PublicatioNS 2022 



Some Highly Cited Publications:

Journal Article 

Citations as of 12/2021
  1. Lal, R. 2004. Soil carbon sequestration impacts on global climate change and food security. Science 304: 1623-1627

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  1. Bronick, C.J., R. Lal. 2005. Soil structure and management: a review. Geoderma 124:3-22.

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  1. Lal, R. 2004. Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change. Geoderma 123:1-22.

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  1. Lal, R. 2005. Forest soils and carbon sequestration. Forest Ecology and Management 220:242-258.

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  1. Lal, R. 2003. Soil erosion and the global carbon budget. Environment International 29:437-450.

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  1. Lal, R. 2004. Carbon emission from farm operations. Environment International 30:981-990.

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  1. Lal, R. 2001. Soil degradation by erosion. Land Degradation & Development12:519-539.

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  1. Lal, R. 2008. Carbon sequestration. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 363:815-830

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  1. Paustian, K., O. Andrén, H.H. Janzen, R. Lal, P. Smith, G. Tian, H. Tiessen, M. Van Noordwijk, P.L. Woomer. 1997. Agricultural soils as a sink to mitigate CO2 emissions. Soil Use and Management 13: 230-244.

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  1. Stockmann, U., M. A. Adams, J. W. Crawford, D. J. Field, N. Henakaarchchi, M. Jenkins, B. Minasny, A. B. McBratney, V. de R. de Courcelles, K. Singh, I. Wheeler, L. Abbott, D. A. Angers, J. Baldock, M. Bird, P. C. Brookes, C. Chenu, J. D. Jastrow, R. Lal, J. Lehmann, A. G. O’Donnell, W. J. Parton, D. Whitehead, and M. Zimmermann. 2013. The knowns, known unknowns and unknowns of sequestration of soil organic carbon. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 164:80–99. 

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  1. Lal, R. 2005. World crop residues production and implications of its use as a biofuel. Environment International 31: 575-584.

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  1. Lal, R. 2006. Enhancing crop yields in the developing countries through restoration of the soil organic carbon pool in agricultural lands. Land Degradation & Development 17:197-209.

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  1. Lal, R. 1998. Soil erosion impact on agronomic productivity and environment quality. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 17:319-464.

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  1. Lal, R. 2002. Soil carbon dynamics in cropland and rangeland. Environmental Pollution 116:353-362.

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  1. Lal, R. 2015. Restoring Soil Quality to Mitigate Soil Degradation. Sustainability 7(5): 5875-5895.

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  1. Lal, R. 1997. Residue management, conservation tillage and soil restoration for mitigating greenhouse effect by CO2-enrichment. Soil & Tillage Research 43:81-107.

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  1. Liu, R., Lal, R. 2015. Potentials of engineered nanoparticles as fertilizers for increasing agronomic productions. Science of the Total Environment 514:131-139.

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  1. Lal, R. 2004. Carbon sequestration in dryland ecosystems. Environmental Management 33(4):528-544

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  1. Shukla, M.K., R. Lal, M. Ebinger. 2006. Determining soil quailty indicators by factor analysis. 87(2):194-204

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  1. Lal, R. 2003. Global potential of soil carbon sequestration to mitigate the greenhouse effect. Plant Sci 22:151-184.

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  1.  Lal, R., J.D. Hanson, D.C. Reicosky. 2007. The evolution of the plow over 10,000 years and the rationale for no-till farming. Soil and Tillage Research 93(1):1-12.

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  1. Mulumba, L.N., R. Lal. 2008. Mulching effects on selected soil physical properties. Soil and Tillage Research 98(1):106-111

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  1. Bruce, J.P., M. Frome, E. Haites, H. Janzen, R. Lal, K. Paustian. 1999. Carbon sequestration in soils. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 54:382-389.

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  1. Blanco-Canqui, H., R. Lal. 2008. No-tillage and soil-profile carbon sequestration: an on-farm assessment. Soil Science Society of America Journal 72:693-701.

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  1. Blanco-Canqui, H., R. Lal. 2009. Crop residue removal impacts on soil productivity and envrionmental quality. Critical Reviews in Plant Science 28 (30):139-163.
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